Melytra ovata
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tnenbrionoidea
Family: Promecheilidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
